Central American Submitted Surnames

Barajas Spanish
Habitational name from any of several places in Spain, of uncertain etymology. Coincides with Spanish barajas meaning "playing cards" or "quarrels".

Barba Spanish
Spanish: nickname for a man noted for his beard, from barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).

Barbero Spanish
Spanish occupational name for a barber-surgeon (see Barber), Spanish barbero, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’ (Latin barba).

Barcelona Catalan, Spanish
Habitational name from Barcelona, the principal city of Catalonia. The place name is of uncertain, certainly pre-Roman, origin. The settlement was established by the Carthaginians, and according to tradition it was named for the Carthaginian ruling house of Barca; the Latin form was Barcino or Barcilo.

Bárcenas Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Espinosa de los Monteros.

Bardales Spanish

Barón Spanish
nickname from the title barón "baron" applied as a nickname or as an occupational name for a member of the household of a baron; or from an old personal name of the same origin in the sense "free man"... [more]

Barragan Spanish

Barraquer Spanish

Barretto Portuguese, Spanish
Variant of Barreto.

Barria Spanish
Variant of Barrio.

Barrias Spanish
Variant of Barrios.

Barrientos Spanish
Habitational name from a place in León named Barrientos, possibly derived from an Asturleonese word meaning "loamy".

Barrino Spanish (Latin American)

Barrionuevo Spanish
New House

Barrios Spanish
Habitational name from any of the numerous places named with Spanish barrio "outlying suburb (especially an impoverished one), slum", from Arabic barr "suburb, dependent village". It may also be a topographic name for someone originating from a barrio.

Barrondo Spanish, Central American

Barroso Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the Spanish word 'barrera' which means 'barrier'.

Bartolomé Spanish
From the given name Bartolomé.

Basileo Galician, Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basileo.

Basilio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Basilio.

Basora Spanish

Bastardo Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian form of Bastard.

Bastían Spanish
From the given name Bastían.

Bastián Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
From the given name Bastián.

Bastidas Spanish
Possibly related to the French word "bastide", referring to fortified towns built in Southern France in the Middle Ages.... [more]

Batista Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese cognate of Bautista as well as a Spanish variant.

Batiste Spanish

Batres Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Batz Mayan
From Mayan b'atz' meaning "monkey", specifically referring to the black howler (Alouatta caraya).

Baviera Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Means "Bavaria" in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Catalan. Indicating for someone from Bavaria a state in Germany.

Baylon Spanish
Spanish: variant of Bailón ( see Bailon ).

Bea Spanish
Habitational name from a place of this name in Teruel.

Beatriz Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Beatriz.

Becerra Spanish

Becerra Spanish, Galician
Nickname probably for a high-spirited person from becerra "young cow, heifer". It may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a cowherd.

Bedolla Spanish
Variant of Bedoya.

Bedor Spanish (Latin American)

Bedoya Spanish
Castilianized form of Bedoia. Name for someone from Bedoña, in the Spanish province Gipuzkoa. Bedoña likely comes from Basque bedi "pasture grazing" and -oña, suffix for a place name.

Bega Spanish
Variant of Vega.

Beiro Spanish

Bejar Spanish
From the town of the same name in Spain

Belalcázar Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous Andalusian municipality with the coordinates 38°34′31″N 5°10′02″W.

Belasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Belisario Italian, Spanish
From the given name Belisario.

Belrio Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "beautiful river".

Beltrán Spanish
From the given name Beltrán.

Benavides Spanish
Patronymic name from the Medieval personal name Ben Avid, of Arabic origin, derived from ibn Abd meaning "son of the servant of God".

Benavidez Spanish
Variant of Benavides

Benibamonde Spanish (Latin American)

Benigno Spanish, Italian
From the given name Benigno.

Benitez Spanish (Americanized), Filipino
Unaccented form of Benítez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Bentaberri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bentaberri or Bentaberria, both common place names in Basque Country meaning "new inn".

Bentancur Spanish
One of the variants of Bettencourt or Bethencourt.

Bentaverri Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Bentaverry Spanish (Latin American), Basque
Variant of Bentaberry.

Berasategui Spanish

Berlanga Spanish
From the village or castle named "Berlanga de Duero" from Soria, Spain. Berlanga itself was derived from "berlain" which comes from the name of a precious stone derived from the Greek. So it could be related to stones.

Bermejo Spanish
Originally a nickname for a man with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Spanish bermejo "reddish, ruddy" (itself from Latin vermiculus "little worm", from vermis "worm", since a crimson dye was obtained from the bodies of worms).

Bermit Spanish

Bermitt Spanish (Latin American)

Bermudo Spanish
From the given name Bermudo.

Bernal Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Bernaldo.

Bernárdez Spanish
Means "son of Bernardo".

Bernardez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Bernárdez.

Berneda Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Verneda.

Bernia Spanish

Berruguete Spanish
From Catalan berruga "wart", possibly denoting a person who has warts or lives in a warty place.

Berto Italian, Spanish
From the given name Berto.

Betances Spanish, American (Hispanic)
Unexplained; probably related to Betanzos, the name of a town near A Coruña in Galicia.

Beteta Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Bezos Spanish
From bezo meaning "thick lips" in Spanish, referring to a person with blubber or thick lips.

Bezzerides French (?), Italian (?), Spanish (?)

Bibiano Spanish
From the given name Bibiano.

Bienvenido Spanish
From the given name Bienvenido.

Bilbao Spanish
Spanish: Habitational Name From The City Of Bilbao In Biscay Basque Country.

Bisquerra Spanish

Biurrarena Spanish, Basque

Blancanieves Spanish (Rare)
Means "Snow White" in Spanish.

Blancarte Spanish
Likely a variant of Blanchard.

Blaque Spanish, Catalan
Variant of "Llaquet". It could also be a Catalan variant of Black

Blas Spanish
From the given name Blas.

Blasco Spanish
Variant of Velasco

Blasquez Spanish
From the medieval diminutive Velasco, from the Basque word 'bela' meaning "crow", and the diminutive suffix 'sko'.

Blazquez Spanish

Bocachica Spanish (Latin American)
Literally means "little mouth" in Spanish. It could have been given to someone who had a small mouth or a small jaw, or to someone who was known for having a quiet and reserved speaking style. It could also have been a nickname given to someone who had a small but sweet smile.

Bocanegra Spanish
Spanish: nickname from boca ‘mouth’ + negra ‘black’, denoting a foul-mouthed or abusive person. In the form Boccanegra, this surname has also been long established in Italy.

Bohorques Spanish

Bohórquez Spanish
Denoted a person from Bohorques, a minor place in the Spanish province of Santander.

Boix Spanish, Catalan

Bojórquez Spanish
Variant of Bohórquez.

Bolaño Spanish
Is a Hispanic surname derived from the spanish word for "stone cannonball" or "stoneshot".

Bolaños Spanish

Bolar Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of soil of a particular type known as tierra bolar.

Bolmaro Spanish

Bomba Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak
From bomba "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.

Bona Catalan, Spanish
Catalan and Spanish surname derived from the Catalan word bona meaning good

Bonba Basque, Spanish
From Basque bonba meaning "bomb", (Latin bombus), hence probably a nickname for someone with an explosive temperament, or a metonymic occupational name for an artilleryman.

Bonifacio Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Bonifacio.

Bonilla Spanish
From the area of Spain of the same name

Bonito Italian, Spanish
From the given name Bonito.

Bordaberry French, Spanish (Latin American), Basque
From Basque Bordaberri or Bordaberria, both widespread place names meaning "new hut/sheepfold/farm".

Borges Portuguese, Spanish
Possibly from Old French burgeis meaning "town-dweller" (see Burgess). Alternately, it may have denoted someone originally from the city of Bourges in France.

Borquez Spanish
Likely shortened from Bohórquez.

Borrero Spanish
Occupational name from borrero 'executioner'.

Botella Spanish
From the Spanish word meaning "Bottle".

Bozzetto French, Spanish, Italian

Bracamontes Spanish
Probably a habitational name from the French town of Bracquemont near Dieppe.

Bragado Portuguese, Spanish
This surname is a Spanish word which means "gritty", refering to a bull. ... [more]

Brasselero Spanish

Brell English, Spanish

Bretaña Spanish

Bringas Basque, Spanish
Etymology unknown.

Briones Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Riojan municipality.

Brizuela Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the Castilian municipality of Merindad de Valdeporres.

Brú Spanish

Buenconsejo Spanish

Buendía Spanish
Probably a habitational name from Buendía in Cuenca province, Spain.

Buitrago Spanish
This indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous municipalities: the Castilian one in El Campo de Gómara or the Manchego municipality of Buitrago del Lozoya in Sierra Norte, Comunidad de Madrid.

Bujanos Spanish

Bulgaria Italian, Spanish
Originally an ethnic name or regional name for someone from Bulgaria or a nickname for someone who had visited or traded with Bulgaria, which is named after the Turkic tribe of the Bulgars, itself possibly from a Turkic root meaning "mixed".

Bunjada Spanish

Burbano Spanish

Burciaga Spanish
Hispanic (Mexico): Probably A Topographic Name Of Basque Origin But Unexplained Etymology.

Burciago Spanish

Burgara Spanish

Burgos Spanish
Surname from a place named Burgos of Spain.

Burruchaga Spanish, Basque (Hispanicized)
Altered form of Basque Burutxaga, a habitational name from a location in Navarre, Spain, possibly derived from buru "head; top, summit; leader, chief" or burutza "office of chief" combined with -aga "place of".

Bustamante Spanish
Habitational name for someone originally from the town of Bustamante in Cantabria, Spain, derived from Latin bustum Amantii meaning "pasture of Amantius".

Butragueño Spanish
Originally denoted someone from either the town of Buitrago del Lozoya in Madrid, or from the village of Buitrago in Soria, Castile and León in Spain, both derived Spanish buitre meaning "vulture" (see Buitrago)... [more]

Caamal Mayan
From Mayan ka'amal meaning "twice", also taken to mean "self-conceited".

Cab Spanish
Diminutive of Cabello, Cabrera, or Cabral.

Caba Spanish, Catalan
Variant of Cava.

Cababa Spanish
Spanish (Cabaña) and Portuguese: habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna , a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).

Cabaco Spanish, Filipino
From spanish word cabaco means "horse"

Caballa Spanish

Caballé Spanish
Used by the Spanish Opera singer Montserrat Caballé.

Caballo Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Derived from the Spanish word cabello, ultimately derived from the Latin word caballus, meaning "horse". This denoted someone who worked in a farm that took care of horses, or someone who had personality traits attributed to a horse, such as energetic behaviour.

Cabaña Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña ‘hut’, ‘cabin’ (Late Latin capanna, a word of Celtic or Germanic origin).

Cabañas Spanish, Portuguese
Habitational name from a place named with Spanish cabaña or Portuguese cabanha ‘hut’, ‘cabin’.

Cabanilla Spanish

Cabanillas Spanish

Cabella Spanish
Variant of Cabello.

Cabeza De Vaca Spanish
Literally translates to "cow's head" or "head of a cow". It is likely an occupational name for someone who was associated with cows or cattle, perhaps as a rancher or butcher. Alternatively, it could also have been used to describe someone with a thick-headed or stubborn personality.

Cabrero Spanish

Cabrerra Spanish

Cabrerro Spanish

Cabunilas Spanish

Caceres Spanish

Cacimiro Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Casimiro.

Cadena Spanish
From Aguilar de Campoo, a district of Villalon in Valladolid.

Cadiñanos Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous minor local entity.

Cádiz Spanish
Habitational name for a person from the city of Cádiz in southwestern Spain.

Cagigas Spanish
Variant of Cajigas.

Cahué Spanish
Variant of Cahuet.

Cajigas Spanish, Filipino
Topographic name from the plural of Spanish cajigo, derived from quejigo meaning "gall oak".

Calabaza Spanish, Indigenous American
Nickname from ‘calabaza’ meaning pumpkin squash. This is commonly used by Pueblos (Native Americans) in New Mexico.

Calasanz Spanish (Rare)

Calatayud Spanish
From the city in Spain, in province of Zaragoza within the autonomous community Aragón. The name Calatayud came from the Arabic قلعة أيوب Qal‘at ’Ayyūb, "the qalat (fortress) of Ayyub".

Caldentey Spanish (?)

Caldera Spanish
Derived from Spanish caldera meaning "basin, crater, hollow", ultimately from Latin caldarium or caldaria both meaning "hot bath, cooking pot". The word also denotes a depression in volcanoes, and it is commonly used as an element for surnames denoting streams or mountains.

Calero Spanish
Metonymic occupational name for a burner or seller of lime, from calero ‘lime’.

Caliente Spanish

California Spanish (Latin American)
It is thought that it might've been derived from Latin calida fornax meaning "hot furnace", or from Native American, kali forno meaning "high hill, native land". It is also thought to have derived from the given name Khalif or Khalifa.

Calisto Portuguese, Spanish
From the given name Calisto.

Calixto Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Calixto

Calle Spanish
Form of Estrada.

Callero Spanish

Calleros Spanish

Calsada Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Calzada.

Calvell Spanish

Calvete Spanish
It means bald. It's a surname of the Galician origin.

Calzada Spanish (Latin American)
Means "road" in Spanish.

Calzadilla Spanish
habitational name from any of the places called (La) Calzadilla, named with a diminutive of calzada 'paved road'

Calzado Spanish
Means "calced" in Spanish.

Cámara Spanish
Occupational name for a courtier or servant who could access the private quarters of a king or noble, from Spanish cámara meaning "room, chamber".

Camarena Spanish
Topographic name for someone who lived by a granary.

Camargo Spanish
Habitational name for someone from a place in Andalusia called Camargo.

Camilo Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Camilo.

Camino Spanish
Derived from the Spanish word for "path", or "walkway". This could have been used to denote a person who lived near a path, or one who built paths for a living.

Campomar Spanish, South American

Campus Spanish
Derived from the Latin word campus, meaning "field". It denoted someone who either lived in a field or worked in one.

Campuzano Spanish (Latin American)

Can Mayan
from the word kaan meaning "snake"

Canales Spanish
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called Canales, from canales, plural of canal ‘canal’, ‘water channel’, from Latin canalis.

Canalez Spanish
Variant of Canales.

Canché Mayan
From Yucatec Maya ka'anche' referring to the button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus), a type of shrub. Alternately it may be derived from che' meaning "wood, stick, board", referring to a raised seedbed or floorboards used to beat and cut cobs.

Cancino Spanish
A name for a person who first held the position of Chancellor.

Cancio Spanish
A name for a person who first held the position of Chancellor.

Candamo Spanish (Latin American)

Candela Spanish, Italian, Sicilian, Catalan
Either an occupational name for a chandler (a candle maker or candle seller) or a nickname for a tall thin person, derived from candela meaning "candle" (from Latin candela).

Candelario Spanish
From the given name Candelario

Canela Spanish
Derived from the word 'canela' meaning cinnamon in Spanish. It Could also be a variant of the Catalan surname Candela.

Canelo Spanish
From spanish canela meaning "cinnamon". Perhaps a nickname for someone with red hair.

Cañete Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
Habitational name for a person from any of the places in Spain called Cañete, such as Cañete de las Torres (Seville), Cañete la Real (Málaga) and Cañete (Cuenca).

Canizales Spanish (Latin American)
This surname came from around the beginnings of 1800 in south regions of Colombia where sugar cane was cultivated. It's a variation of Cañizales, that literally means "sugar cane fields".

Canomanuel Spanish
The first part of this surname is possibly derived from Spanish cano "hoary, white-haired, grey-haired". The second part is derived from the given name Manuel... [more]

Cantor Spanish
Occupational name for a singer.

Canul Yucatec Maya
Means "protector" in Mayan.

Canuto Italian, Filipino, Spanish
From an Italian nickname derived from canuto meaning "white-haired".

Capriel Spanish (Latin American)

Carabajal Spanish, Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Carbajal.

Caraballo Spanish
Occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

Carabantes Spanish
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.

Cárave Spanish

Cáraves Spanish

Carbajal Spanish, Judeo-Spanish
Probably a habitational name denoting someone originally from any of the multiple locations called Carbajal in León, Asturias, or Zamora in Spain. Alternatively, it may be of pre-Roman origin from the word carbalio meaning "oak", denoting someone who either lived near an oak tree or who was like an oak tree in some way.... [more]

Carbajo Spanish

Carballeda Spanish

Carbonero Spanish
Famous bearers are Carlos Carbonero, a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sampdoria on loan from Fénix and Sara Carbonero, a Spanish sports journalist.

Cárcamo Basque (Hispanicized), Spanish
Castilianized form of the toponym Karkamu.

Carcelén Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Cardenal Spanish, Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish cognitive of Cardinal. This surname is common in Nicaragua.

Cardenes Spanish

Cardenete Spanish
This indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.

Cardenos Spanish
Variant of Cárdenas.

Cardo Spanish, Italian
From cardo "thistle, cardoon" (from Latin carduus) either a topographic or occupational name for using wool carder thistles, or from the given name Cardo a short form of given names Accardo, Biancardo, or Riccardo.

Carillo Spanish, Italian
From a diminutive of the given name Caro.

Carino Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Carino.

Carlos Spanish, Portuguese
Derived from the given name Carlos.

Carpintero Spanish
Means "carpenter" in Spanish.

Carrasquillo Spanish
Diminutive of Carrasco.

Carrasquillo Spanish
The surname Carrasquillo is of Spanish origin and it is derived from the word "carrasca" which means "holm oak". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "a place where there are holm oaks".

Carrer Spanish
Variant of Carrera.

Carrera Spanish, Italian
Spanish: topographic name for someone living by a main road, carrera ‘thoroughfare’, originally a road passable by vehicles as well as pedestrians (Late Latin carraria (via), a derivative of carrum ‘cart’), or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word.... [more]

Carrere Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)

Carriedo Spanish

Carrió Spanish

Carrión Spanish
It comes from the knight Alonso Carreño, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the town of Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), where he founded his solar house.

Carrizo Spanish
Nickname for a person who's bold, shameless.

Carro Spanish

Cartagena Spanish
From the name of the city of Cartagena in southeastern Spain, derived from Latin Carthāgō Nova meaning "New Carthage" (ultimately derived from Phonecian qrt-ḥdšt meaning "new city").

Carvajal Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Caribbean
Variant of Carbajal.

Casa Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Means "house" in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

Casablanca Spanish

Casablancas Spanish
Unknown.

Casabuena Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Means "Happy House" or "House of Happiness" in Spanish, with the Spanish word "Casa", which means "House" and Buena, meaning "Happy" or "Happiness".

Casares Spanish, Galician
One who lived in several places named "Casares".

Casarez Spanish

Casarrubias Spanish
Topographic name from the plural of Spanish casa rubia ‘red house’.

Casavantes French, Spanish, Basque
Topographic name composed of casa "house" + avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix -es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.

Casco Spanish

Casiano Spanish
From the given name Casiano.

Casilla Spanish

Casillas Spanish
From any of various places called Casillas or Las Casillas, from the plural of casilla, a diminutive of Casa. ... [more]

Casillo Spanish

Casillos Spanish

Casimiro Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Filipino
From the given name Casimiro.

Casio Spanish
From the given name Casio.

Caso Italian, Spanish

Cassatta Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Cassata. Mostly used in Argentina.

Castaña Spanish (Philippines), Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish meaning "chestnut". Could be a nickname for someone having chestnut hair.

Castanati Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish Origins

Castañez Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Castaño.

Castaño Spanish, Galician
Means "chestnut tree" in Spanish and Galician.

Castañón Spanish
Possibly derived from Spanish castaño, meaning "chestnut tree". Alternatively, it may be derived from castañón, which is the Spanish word for the kippernut plant (species Conopodium majus).

Castelblanco Spanish

Castellanos Spanish
Habitational name from any of various places called Castellanos, derived from Spanish castellano meaning "Castilian".

Castelli Judeo-Italian, Italian, Spanish
Italian patronymic or plural form of Castello. ... [more]

Castellon Spanish

Castor English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino
From the given name Castor.

Castrejon Spanish
Habitational Name From Any Of Various Places Called Castrejón Especially In Valladolid Province Or A Topographic Name From A Diminutive Of Castro ‘Castle’ From Latin Castrum ‘Fort Roman Walled City’.

Catarino Spanish, Portuguese, Greek
Meaning "pure".

Caulin Spanish

Cava Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
From cava ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the wine cellars of a great house, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.

Cavas Italian, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese
Plural form of Cava.

Cayetano Spanish

Cayetano Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
From the given name Cayetano.

Cazares Spanish

Ceballo Spanish

Ceballos Spanish

Cebrián Spanish
From the given name Cebrián.

Cedena Spanish

Cedo Spanish

Ceh Mayan
From Yucatec Maya kéej meaning "deer".

Ceja Spanish
From a common field name or a habitational name from any of various minor places called Ceja Yecla in Aragon.

Celda Spanish (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Modern, Rare)
The Spanish word for 'cell', as in prison cell.

Celedon Spanish
Spanish (Celedón): From The Old Personal Name Celedón From Celedonio From Greek Chelidonios ‘Like A Swallow’ Through Latin Chelidonius.

Celedonio Spanish
From the given name Celedonio.

Celeste Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Celeste.

Celestino Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Celestino.

Celino Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celino

Celio Italian, Spanish
From the given name Celio

Celso Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the given name Celso.

Cendejas Spanish
Cendejas is a city in Guadalahara. It is short for Cendejas de la Torre.

Cenobio Spanish
From the given name Cenobio.

Centurión Spanish
Originally a nickname derived from Spanish centurión (ultimately from Late Latin centum) literally meaning "centurion". Historically, a centurion is a military officer who commanded one hundred men in an Ancient Roman army during the classical period.

Cepeda Spanish
A nickname for someone from the region where they grow vineyards.

Cera Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Sicilian
Metonymic occupational name for a wax seller, derived from Latin cera meaning "wax". A famous bearer of this surname is Canadian actor and musician Michael Cera (1988-).

Cerda Spanish, Portuguese
Nickname for a person with a prominent tuft of hair, derived from Spanish and Portuguese cerda meaning "bristle, stiff, coarse, short, thick hair", ultimately from Late Latin cirra.

Cerin Spanish (Latin American)

Cerpa Spanish

Cerqua Spanish

Cerrajero Spanish
Occupational name for a locksmith.

Cervante Spanish

Cervera Spanish
A name for someone coming from any one of many places called Cervera, coming from Late Latin cervaria, meaning "place of stags".

Cesar Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, French
From the given name César.

Cespedes Spanish
From the plural of cesped "peat", "turf" (Latin caespes, genitive caespitis), applied as a habitational name from a place named Céspedes (for example in Burgos province) or named with this word, or a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of peat, or possibly as a metonymic occupational name for someone who cut and sold turf.

Cevallo Spanish